Compact, do you know the exact requirements for PLOP? We'll make it happen if we can.

PLOP itself works very fine no problem. It boots Vector Linux 7.0 Light Live Alpha 5 very fine.I just said PLOP because with PLOP it is possible to boot from media where the bios itselfcan't boot from. After PLOP-booting VL the loading of Vector Linux 7.0 Light Live Alpha 5 stops becauseVL7 can't find the medium it is booting and loading from. So it can't find the livecd.sgn file.VL6.0-light-live-final did recognise very fine where it was booting from. In my case a cardbus pcmcia usb 2.0 card with stick where Vector is on. So VL6.0-light-live-final did findthe livecd.sgn file.As far as I understand it has something to do with options during the compilation of the kernel.But my knowledge is too small to help you for I can't compile kernels.Untill now I only found Vector 6 and TinyCore Linux who know where they are booting from. Most distro'sdon't know where they are booting from if it is not directly a bootable drive or medium in the bios.So Vector 6 was pretty unique in this aspect. It would realy be pity if this disappears with Vector 7.

Compact, do you know the exact requirements for PLOP? We'll make it happen if we can.

PLOP itself works very fine no problem. It boots Vector Linux 7.0 Light Live Alpha 5 very fine.I just said PLOP because with PLOP it is possible to boot from media where the bios itselfcan't boot from. After PLOP-booting VL the loading of Vector Linux 7.0 Light Live Alpha 5 stops becauseVL7 can't find the medium it is booting and loading from. So it can't find the livecd.sgn file.VL6.0-light-live-final did recognise very fine where it was booting from. In my case a cardbus pcmcia usb 2.0 card with stick where Vector is on. So VL6.0-light-live-final did findthe livecd.sgn file.As far as I understand it has something to do with options during the compilation of the kernel.But my knowledge is too small to help you for I can't compile kernels.Untill now I only found Vector 6 and TinyCore Linux who know where they are booting from. Most distro'sdon't know where they are booting from if it is not directly a bootable drive or medium in the bios.So Vector 6 was pretty unique in this aspect. It would realy be pity if this disappears with Vector 7.

nightflier, I notice that VL6LightLive has a boot.catalog and VL7LightLiveA5 does not. I wonder if this single, simple file is what causes the inability to find the livecd.sgn. It should be pretty easy to test. HTH! newt

The plop problem is due to plop only looking for the old hd format of devices like hda hdb hdc etc. The new kernels and most distributions including Vector subscripe to the new sd format i.e sda sdb sdc etc. So me thinks if someone urges the plop author to include the sd format for devices then it should probably work.

The plop problem is due to plop only looking for the old hd format of devices like hda hdb hdc etc. The new kernels and most distributions including Vector subscripe to the new sd format i.e sda sdb sdc etc.

With PLOP-booting I ment the whole proces of booting, loading and running Vector.The booting part is 100%. Loading VL7 gives a limited prompt and fdisk -lgives up devices sda1, sda2, sda3 and loop0. So only my harddrive partitionsare seen and NOT the usb-drive where it is booting from. I don't understand what PLOP has to do with that ? I always thought the kernel is taking over after booting with plop ..... but I might bemistaken.....

If I force a limited prompt in VL6 by renaming the livecd.sgn fileand do a fdisk -l it gives up de following devices: hda1, hda2, hda3 and sda1.No loop0. sda1 is the usb stick I'm normaly booting, loading and running VL6 from.

Awesome stuff guys!! I've installed it on my Roboard 110, and it seems to work fine so far. However, I also tried to install on my laptop (the one in my sig), but it just wouldn't boot it. The error was that the medium could not be found and that I could try putting the iso elsewhere as a cheat (I´m paraphrasing here). If you need some more info, please let me know.

In the mean time, I'm installing it in a virtual machine, and so far it's nice and fast.

Thanks for making a light VL, I really needed this for my secret project. Oh, alright, I'm building a robot, and I wanted it to be VL powered.

However, I also tried to install on my laptop (the one in my sig), but it just wouldn't boot it. The error was that the medium could not be found and that I could try putting the iso elsewhere as a cheat (I´m paraphrasing here). If you need some more info, please let me know.

I ambushed The Headacher in IRC and as stated, received further info. Paraphrasing here, the error looks just like Compact's, but a bootloader isn't involved: BIOS boots the internal CD drive. 6 SOHO (much later kernel than 6 Light) sees the drive as sr0.

Thanks to The Headacher for info here and in IRC, and to Compact for the details that really helped me know what to ask.

Be wary when using this method to boot the iso, I have noticed anomalies in both systems that might or might not be caused by this boot method. I have further investigation to do before I can determine if this boot method is causing my issues.